MAMEWorld Forums - The Loony Bin

> > That one did come close, though. The errors there are things a person might miss.
> > Well, except the missing space that created the word I read as "I denty fee aid
> ass."
>
>
> really? see attached. red is obvious grammar/spelling, green is just bad english
> logic. no literate u.s. citizen should be fooled by this...

> Department of Treasury Internal Revenue Source

Yes, “Source” is incorrect. Many people won’t actually read the word, as they have decided what it should say before they get there.

> Important information about your tax return
>
> We are unable to process your tax return

Punctuation is missing. The first one should be a colon, not a period, but if this were a traditional mailing it would be large bold letters without punctuation.

> We recived your tax return. However, we are unable to process the return as field.

People will ignore the misspelled “received” because most of them don’t know how to spell it themselves. There has always been ie/ei rule confusion. Then “filed” is misspelled, with a transposition of two letters that creates another word. That is seen as a simple typo. “…We are unable to process the return as filed” is the expected wording, I don’t see a grammar fault if the spelling is fixed.

> Our records indicate that the person identifiedas the primary taxpayer or spouse on the tax return did
> not provided all the required documents shown on the tax form. Our records are based on information
> received from the Social Security Administration.

“Identifiedas” is what I said stopped my reading of it, but that’s just a missing space. It makes all other errors more visible. The tense confusion of “did not provided” might otherwise be overlooked, with “has not provided” or “did not provide” both being acceptable. The only problem I see with “our records are based on…” is that it repeats the beginning of the previous sentence, and comparing the two sentences leads you to ask what records they are actually referring to.

> Based on this information, the tax account for the individual has been locked

Other than the punctuation, what is wrong with “tax account” or “has been locked,” and how would they be better worded?

> What you need to do

That would be a section heading on a mailing. Again, it lacks ending punctuation, which people might either not notice or not be put off by.

> Print out the attached notification and list of missing documents, fill it in, add the documents and send
> the following information to the adress shown in the attached notification.

In “fill it in,” “it” refers to the attached “notification and list,” which will be a single item in the attachment. “Address” is misspelled, of course.

> List of required documents:
>
> 1. A copy of this letter
>
> 2. Notification letter
>
> 3. A photocopy of valid U.S. Federal or State Government issued identification.

Oddly, I’m being told the colon should be replaced with a colon.

> Keep this notice for your records. If you need assistance, please don't hesitate to contact us

Do you have a problem with what is very common wording, or the lack of actual contact information? Again the period is missing.